Interviews

The goth-rock trailblazer goes in-depth on his guitar rigs and unusual writing approaches for Bauhaus tracks old and new

The virtuoso on using the guitar as an outlet for grief, depression and anxiety on his sprawling new solo album, Transcendence

The Sheffield metalcore riffmeister dives deep on his striking new neon-yellow-on-black Charvel signature model, which he calls an “incredible manifestation of human capabilities”

The trailblazing jazz-fusion guitarist passed away just days after taking part in his last-ever interview with Guitar World

Jordan details the making of her sophomore full-length, Valentine, designing custom Fender models, and undergoing vocal cord surgery just days before she was due to tour in support of the record

One of YouTube's most prolific guitar players shares his formula for success, how he almost burned out recording a metal soundtrack to The Lord of the Rings, and why Disney's Fantasia is his biggest influence

Senior Director of Product Development Mat Koehler recounts the guitar equivalent of “discovering King Tut’s tomb”, and reveals what's next for the model – as well as the “30 or 40 years’ worth of ideas” lurking in the Gibson archives

The Arch Enemy shredder on creating the “most metal” guitar possible, his creative relationship with co-guitarist Michael Amott and the trio of new records he's currently working on

Ahead of her upcoming release, Mama Forgot Her Name Was Miracle, the Canadian indie-roots phenom reflects on her career so far, and how Stairway to Heaven inspired her to pick up the guitar again after years apart

The former Cro-Mags guitarist on his new instrumental venture, the longevity of the band's 1986 album The Age of Quarrel, and the time he swung a guitar around in a music store during tense negotiations with an employee